Amazon Prime Day Crash Threatened A $3.4 Billion Day

Amazon Prime Day Crash Threatens
A $3.4 Billion Haul Amazon kicked off its big Prime Day sales promotion with technical glitches on its website and app. The trouble threatened its
36-hour sales extravaganza. Difficulty on the site spiked just as the event began at 3 p.m. Eastern time. Amazon, via Twitter The issues weren’t limited to shopping. Thousands reported losing connections with their Alexa digital assistants via Echo voice-activated speakers. Others had trouble streaming Prime Video. As of Monday afternoon, there were 4,670 social media posts about the Prime Day crash. The company’s stock slid about 1.5 percent in extended trading in New York.